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Walter W. Immerzeel

Walter W. Immerzeel

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
76
Citations
27401
World Ranking
642
National Ranking
18

Walter W. Immerzeel publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter W. Immerzeel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 211 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Walter W. Immerzeel D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Walter W. Immerzeel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Walter W. Immerzeel is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scientific work primarily focuses on atmospheric science, water science and technology, and intersects with areas such as management, monitoring, policy and law, global and planetary change, and ocean engineering.

The core topics addressed in their research include cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, hydrology and watershed management studies, landslides and related hazards, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, water resources management and optimization, and winter sports injuries and performance.

Among the recent publications of Walter W. Immerzeel are:

  • The imbalance of the Asian water tower, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise, 2021, Nature
  • Manifestations and mechanisms of the Karakoram glacier Anomaly, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Climate change decisive for Asia's snow meltwater supply, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Partitioning the Uncertainty of Ensemble Projections of Global Glacier Mass Change, 2020, Earth's Future

Frequent coauthors include Philip Kraaijenbrink, Arthur Lutz, Hester Biemans, Jakob Steiner, and Sanita Dhaubanjar. Their collaborations indicate active engagement with scientists working in related areas over multiple projects.

Their work has appeared in several publication venues multiple times, such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Cryosphere, Frontiers in Earth Science, Nature Geoscience, and Nature Climate Change.

Walter W. Immerzeel has been recognized for their scientific contributions with the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union in 2018, as well as being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union the same year.

Best Publications

  • Climate change will affect the Asian water towers.

    Walter W. Immerzeel;Ludovicus P. H. van Beek;Marc F. P. Bierkens

  • Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

    W W Immerzeel;A F Lutz;M Andrade;M Andrade;A Bahl

  • The imbalance of the Asian water tower

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  • Consistent increase in High Asia's runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation

    A. F. Lutz;W. W. Immerzeel;W. W. Immerzeel;A. B. Shrestha;M. F. P. Bierkens

  • Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers

    P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink;M.F.P. Bierkens;A.F. Lutz;W.W. Immerzeel;W.W. Immerzeel

  • Large-scale monitoring of snow cover and runoff simulation in Himalayan river basins using remote sensing

    W.W. Immerzeel;P. Droogers;S.M. de Jong;M.F.P. Bierkens

  • Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

    J. S. Kargel;G. J. Leonard;D. H. Shugar;U. K. Haritashya

  • Rising river flows throughout the twenty-first century in two Himalayan glacierized watersheds

    W. W. Immerzeel;W. W. Immerzeel;F. Pellicciotti;M. F. P. Bierkens

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • High-resolution monitoring of Himalayan glacier dynamics using unmanned aerial vehicles

    Walter Immerzeel;Walter Immerzeel;Walter Immerzeel;P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink;J.M. Shea;A.B. Shrestha

  • Hydrological response to climate change in a glacierized catchment in the Himalayas

    Walter W. Immerzeel;L. P. H. van Beek;M. Konz;A. B. Shrestha

  • Calibration of a distributed hydrological model based on satellite evapotranspiration

    W.W. Immerzeel;P. Droogers

  • Snow depth variability in the Northern Hemisphere mountains observed from space.

    Hans Lievens;Hans Lievens;Matthias Demuzere;Matthias Demuzere;Hans-Peter Marshall;Hans-Peter Marshall;Rolf H. Reichle

  • Selecting representative climate models for climate change impact studies : An advanced envelope-based selection approach

    Arthur F. Lutz;Herbert W. ter Maat;Hester Biemans;Arun B. Shrestha

  • Climate Change Impacts on the Upper Indus Hydrology: Sources, Shifts and Extremes

    A. F. Lutz;W. W. Immerzeel;P. D. A. Kraaijenbrink;A. B. Shrestha

  • Reconciling high-altitude precipitation in the upper Indus basin with glacier mass balances and runoff

    W. W. Immerzeel;W. W. Immerzeel;N. Wanders;N. Wanders;Arthur Lutz;J. M. Shea

  • Manifestations and mechanisms of the Karakoram glacier Anomaly

    Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti;Walter W. Immerzeel;Remco J. de Kok;Duncan J. Quincey

  • Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain

    H. Biemans;H. Biemans;C. Siderius;C. Siderius;A. F. Lutz;S. Nepal

  • Spatial downscaling of TRMM precipitation using vegetative response on the Iberian Peninsula

    W.W. Immerzeel;M.M. Rutten;P. Droogers

  • Status and change of the cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region

    Tobias Bolch;Joseph M. Shea;Joseph M. Shea;Joseph M. Shea;Shiyin Liu;Farooq M. Azam

  • Historical trends and future predictions of climate variability in the Brahmaputra basin

    Walter Immerzeel

  • Asia's water balance

    W. W. Immerzeel;W. W. Immerzeel;M. F. P. Bierkens

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph M. Shea
Joseph M. Shea University of Northern British Columbia
Francesca Pellicciotti
Francesca Pellicciotti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University
Arun Bhakta Shrestha
Arun Bhakta Shrestha International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Evan S. Miles
Evan S. Miles Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Patrick Wagnon
Patrick Wagnon Grenoble Alpes University
Matthias Huss
Matthias Huss University of Fribourg
Peter Droogers
Peter Droogers Stockholm Environment Institute
Niko Wanders
Niko Wanders Utrecht University
Koji Fujita
Koji Fujita Nagoya University

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